Re: Symbolic Equation Solvers

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From: Charles Neil
Date: Wed, 27 Jul 1988 20:35

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In article <683@osupyr.mast.ohio-state.edu>, gae@osupyr.mast.ohio-state.edu (Gerald Edgar) writes:
> In article <46100193@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu> dsimkins@uxe.cso.uiuc.edu writes:
. >
. >There is a program called Mathematica from Wolfram Research Inc. that runs
. >on Mac II's, Pluses and SE's.  The version for the II runs $795, and $495
.     ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
. >for the others.
. 
. But not with one megabyte RAM.
 
I would like to see responses from owners of Mathematica in either
of its incarnations ($495 or $795) regarding how it compares in its
symbolic manipulation with other software, such as MACSYMA.  As far
as I know, Mathematica is the only commercial symbolic manipulator
that's been ported to the mac.
-- 
 
Charlie Neil (chn@lanl.gov)
Los Alamos National Laboratory (505) 665-0978

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From: chn@a.lanl.gov (Charles Neil)
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Subject: Re: Symbolic Equation Solvers
Summary: Mathematica vs others
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Date: 27 Jul 88 20:35:03 GMT
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